Program Overview 

Successful speakers deliver presentations from the audience’s perspective. They structured their speeches and crafted their messages in a logical way to match the needs of their target audience. Effective speakers know how to capture the audience interests and get the ideas across in a convincing and interesting manner by using presentation techniques, skills and strategies effortlessly.

This is a highly practical workshop that provides the participants with effective presentation skills, tools and strategies to deliver a compelling speech for achieving their desired outcomes.

What Benefits YOU will Get

• Enhance confidence in crafting and delivering an effective presentation
• Apply presentation framework and techniques for a presentation that wows
• Develop positive presentation habits, behaviors and best practices to increase presentation effectiveness

What YOU will Learn

• Understand the role of presenter, purpose of presentation and its impact on outcomes
• Develop the characteristics, positive habits and behaviors of an effective presenter
• Plan and structure a presentation that has a specific objective and outcomes
• Adopt presentation framework to sustain audience’s Attention, Interest, Desire and Action
• Develop content and compelling messages that resonates with audiences’ needs
• Apply the 5Cs of persuasive presentation that convince, compel and inspire the audience to take action
• Engage audience and build rapport through projection of voice, vocal, verbal and body language
• Use presentation techniques to manage difficult questions and objections from audiences
• Apply strategies to manage audience disruptions with tactfulness
• End the presentation with a clear take away and call for action

Target Audience: 

Anyone who need to acquire the art of presentation to convince, influence and inspire the audience to take action.

Training Methodology

An experiential workshop that is highly participatory and interactive for maximum learning effectiveness.  Individuals will have at least 5 -15 minutes of presentation to uncover their strengths and areas of improvement via observation tools and peer/facilitator feedback.

The debrief includes sharing on content ("What do you say?") and delivery skills ("How do you say it?") that identifies the strengths and weaknesses of each presentation and suggests options for improvements.

Detailed Workshop Outline:

1.  Presentation overview and context

• The role of presentation for audience and business
• The impact of presentation to the outcomes
• The characteristics, positive habits and behaviors of an effective presente

2. The journey of planning and preparing a presentation

• Find the purpose of presentation for you and your audience
• Know your audience types, needs, attitudes and styles
• Gather information that are relevant to key stakeholders’ interests
• Prepare the structure of your presentation – opening, body, closing
• Develop and customize content and messages that address the needs of your audience and the purpose of presenter
• Reinforce your presentation with supporting materials

3. Developing presentation effectiveness to keep audience’s interests, engagement and participation

• Use eye contact to build confidence

• Apply gestures and postures to enhance your message
• Use your Audio-Visual Aids to enhance your message
• Deliver the message – voice, vocal, verbal to influence for greater conviction
• Rehearse to overcome tension and anxiety

4. Applying strategies and techniques for managing disruptions, interruptions and difficult questions from the audience

• Use questions to identify objections
• Handle questions from the audience
• Deal with difficult situations
• Build rapport with the audience
• Motivate, influence and inspire the audience

Workshop Duration: 2 days, 9 – 5pm

No. of participants: up to max of 16, preferably 12